Ninth Circuit: No First Amendment issue in San Francisco Park Code

SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit affirmed the denial of an injunction that would have kept San Francisco from enforcing a portion of its Park Code, which requires permits for to amplify sounds in public, as applied against two suing citizens’ religious worship and expression in public parks. The regulation is an acceptable, content-neutral restriction and there are other public spaces for the litigants to spread their message.